Jury Service Summons Online

From today, members of the public summoned to jury service will be able to respond online.

The online system enables people to confirm their availability, request a different date, or have someone else respond for them, and takes less than ten minutes to complete. If the juror accepts the date it automatically uploads to the online system, saving court staff time.

HMCTS has tested the new service extensively over recent months, with 12,000 jurors trialling the system at Preston Crown Court, Guildford Crown Court, Southwark Crown Court and the Central Criminal Court. The results prove that there is a strong appetite for the new system with nearly a fifth of the jurors (19%) responding within seven days, a marked improvement on the one percent who did so under the old paper form.

Enabling people to respond to a jury service summons online is the latest step in the £1bn reform programme to modernise the courts system and ensure it is fit for the 21st century.

The old paper form remains available for those who struggle with technology, whilst telephone support is available for anyone who needs help using the new system.

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